Rail-joint.



No. 794,822. PATENTEDJULY 11, 1905.

T. & L. SLINGLAND.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 3, 1905.

lite. 794.322.

NrTEn STATES Patented July 11, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

RAIL-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 794,322, dated July 11, 1905.

Application filed April 3, 1905. Serial No. 253,597.

To m7] 2', ill/07771 it may concern.-

Be it known. that we, TUNIs SLTNGLAND and LEONARD SLINGLAND, citizens of the United States, residing at Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in joints for railway-rails.

The object of the invention is to provide a rail-joint whereby the end of the rail may be firmly secured to the ties and will be prevented from creeping.

A further object is to provide a rail-joint by which the ends of the rail may be connected together when firmly held in place without the use of bolts and nuts, thus increasing the strength of the rails by dispensing with the bolt-holes usually formed therein.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the meeting ends of two railsections, showing the application. of the invention thereto. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. is a central transverse vertical sectional view. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detail side view of the end of one of the rail-sections, and Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the locking-key.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 1 denotes the meeting ends of two sections of rails, said rail-sections being of any desired construction, the flanges 2 being cut away at the base of the web 3 at each end of the sections, as shown at 4.

The ends of the rail-sections are adapted to be engaged with a joint-chair 5, said chair consisting of a base-plate 6, in the opposite corners of each end of which. are formed spikeholes 7, whereby the same is adapted to be spiked to the ties of the railway. Arranged. on the upper side of the plate 6 and preferabl cast integrally therewith. are upwardlyprojecting rail-engaging flanges 8. The inner walls of said flanges are shaped to fit the sides of the rails, the upper edgesof'said' flanges engaging beneath the head or treads of the rails, thereby forming a brace or support for the same. The flanges ofthe rail are adapted to engage oppositely-projecting channels or recesses 9, formed at the base of the flange 8 immediately above the base-plate 6, thereby preventing the upward movement of the rails and keeping the same in perfect alinement at all times, thus preventing the bumping or hammering of the wheels of the train when passing over the ends of the rails.

In the base of the flanges 8 immediately above the base-plate 6 is formed a centrallydisposed transverse passage 10, which when the rails are placed in the chair is adapted to coincide or aline with the aperture or space 4 formed by the cut-away portions of the railflanges. When the rail-sections are thus engaged with the chair, the key-bar 12 is adapted to be inserted through the passage 10 and the recess 4, thereby preventing the longitudinal shifting or creeping of the rail. On one end of the key-bar is formed a head 13, in which is arranged an aperture or spike-hole 14. Through this spike-hole 14 is adapted to be driven a spike to hold the key-bar in position and to prevent the casual movement of the same from the passage 10.

By providing a rail-joint constructed as herein shown. and described. the necessity of bolting the ends of the rails together by fishplates or other connections is dispensed with, thus olWiating the many disadvantages of the latter form of rail-joint.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inven tion will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described our invention, What We claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a rail-joint of the character described,

' the combination With a base-plate having formed therein spike-holes, of upwardly-projecting parallel flanges arranged on said plate to engage and lit the sides of the rails, said flanges having formed therein alined apertures, a key-bar adapted to be inserted through said alined apertures and through TUNIS SLINGLAND. LEONARD SLINGLAND. Witnesses:

ADnIMUs VAN DER WALL, CORNELIUS JoHNsoN. 

